The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-11
MEMS AND OTHER NOrINGs.


Mis-. Nancy Honaker, os Floyed county.
Ky, is the owner of a mQle which has been
a resident nf that State over TO years. and she
knows not Tow much longer. The animal
served through the WEI and was in some hot
battles. He IS still capable of good service.
The last surviving representative of the
Delaware tribe OF Indians who played so
important a part in the early colonial his
tory of the country, Is Ann Roberts. She is
80 years old and lives at Indian M;iis, on the
OLD BIothertOn reservation, III New Jersey.
"A year ago Miss Clara Moore, of Gin
ciCnati. went to visit friends III los Ange-
.es. Cal. She had few hundred dollars
with her, which she invested in Southern
California lands. and in the boom that fol
lowed she sold out her property at a net gain
of SIPS. 600.
DR.. FrantZeI. of Berlin, reporting on the
effect of tobacco on the heart. says that
smoking will not effect a person for many
years, and that there will suddenly come a
trouble of the heart. Common cigars, be
says. sre not SO likely to produce the IrOu-
bic as the finer ones.
1t takes nearly one hundred million for
elgn eggs month to keep the English in
cakes and puddinss- Experts have estima-
ted that the consumption OF eggs in England
is Ole hundred a year for every person.
Nearly So O0O. 900 is paid every year for the
eggs imported into the country.
A man so years cid stole horse n
Washington. On account of his advanced
age he was not prosecuted, but was given q
ticket fo- New Orleans. He went as tar as
Baltimore. sold the ticket TO a scalper, bought
q watch and chain and came back, stole an
other horse. sold it for $50, and made his es-
cape
"A Boston man Offers his pet monkey for
sale. He put up with the tricks of the cum
ming brute for a long time. but when the
monkey took possession of the kitchen and
began throwing knives, forks, dishes and
baked beans at his owner, the latter con-
ciaded it Was time they should part com
pany.
The flags presented by Archbishop
Crohe. OF Cashel, Ireland. to the Sixty-ninth
Regiment ard TO Rev. John J. Riurdan, OF
Castle Garden, New York, are an American
and an Irish ensign, made of the finest Irish
pcpln, with static OF Irish ash. They were
embroidered aud put together by the nuns of
the Prese enuation Convent, Cashel.
-Rey. L. 81. Lyle, of Calvert, Md, sus-
pected that somebody was milking his COW.
He Kept watch and discovered that a hog,
which ran iC the pasture with her. was the
culprit. There seemed to be perfect under
standing between the two animals, and the
bog while taking his meals, sat on his
launches and grunted away in supreme sat
!sfactiou,
The greatest excitement prevails at Tah-
lequah, the Cherokee capital. Over half the
Inhabitants OF the city have left, taking with
:bem their stock OF household goods. and
have sought refuge in the timber from the
Impending war, which is sure to begin Mon
cay Oh the assembling Of the Council. The
dispute is over the election OF the chief of
the Cherokee Nation. Both parties claim
their candidate IS elected.
The reports OF correspondents show q
continued scarcity or water for stock in
many sections, especially in the States or
Ono, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Unless
copious rains are experienced before the
setting in OF winter, many farmers Will fnd
themselves inyolved- in serious difficulty in
providing the necessary water for their
stock. The continued drouth in these
States has also lessened the usual amount
OF fail plowinZ.
Mrs Agnes Steihr and her neice, Mrs
Anna Beuchs. of Newark, Y. j., are en-
gagged in legal war for the posss ssIon of an
old family bible. Mis-. S.rih= had the book
for l9 wears, sad Mrs. Beuchs borrowed It
Mrs. Steihr wanted it again, and her neice
asserted that she owned ir, alleging that
her grandmother gave It to her. Repleyin
suits followed from each side, and now the
case is in a fair way to get to the Supreme
Court before IL is settled.
john McAuley, one Of the earliest set
tieTs OF Chicago, who Is still living, was the
hero of very remarkable adventure HAY.
ing occasion to visit Philadelphia in 1872.
when The railroad fare was $40, he declared
that he would not pay that SUN, and wag-
cred that he would 90 to Philadelphia for
less than $40. Accordingly he constructed a
cofhnshaped box, bored holes in the side and
was shipped as express matter. He reached
Philadelphia In safety, and bis Tide cost him
but 1915.
The Governor OF Alaska, In his annual
report, says wonderful results are being
achieved in mining, showing the Territory
to be rich in precious metals. Tie mine on
Douglas Island during the year has turned
out Sl00 0oo per month. and there are rich
placer diRgings on Shietando river. The
salmon. cod and whale fisheries, be SAYS
yielded about So oO0, coo during the year.
The Governor revie VS. the operations OF the
Alaska Commercial Company and says il is
a grinding monopoly.
-UndispaYed by mistakes and previous
failures. the owners of the famous "big
raft of Nova Scotia have again reconstructed
their singular craft and will endeavor to
tow it TO New York By means of two powe r
ful tugs. The raft is 500 feet long, so feet
wide and SO feet deep at its center, and is
cigar shaped. IL this method of shipping
large timber should prove successful. a new
system of transportation in the lumber
business would be established and much
timber utilized which now Is either burned
at the mills OF left to decay.
"A mob OF armed men entered the jail
for the Sheriff, who answered iu bis night
clothes. They covered him with pistols, and
some OF them went into his room, got the
Jail keys and opensd tue cell in which Geo.
Hart was locked, took him out and carried
him to Waverly, few miles distant where
they hung him. Hart WAS the negro who,
last October, murdered in cold blood
young white farmer named Eddie Waldrup.
Z (IeOrOa Hart was assisted IN his crine hv